The remaining prints of Inglesham Church from a signed limited edition by John Piper, commissioned by SPAB to mark the Society's 125th anniversary, are now being offered for sale to raise funds for the Society's work as it marks its 150th anniversary in 2027.
St John the Baptist Church just a few miles from William Morris's home at Kelmscott Manor and was saved through his campaigning in the 1870s and 1880s objecting to proposals for heavy-handed Victorian restorations. Today it is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
The aquatint was produced by John Piper as a tribute to his friend, John Betjeman. John Betjeman was a longstanding member of the SPAB Committee and Inglesham Church in Wiltshire was chosen because, according to Piper, because it was Betjeman's favourite church.
Though the print was completed in 1989 (and was one of the last jobs undertaken by Curwen Prints at their address off Tottenham Court Road), the Society presented the lithograph (No 1/100) to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the Society's late Patron, to mark her 90th birthday.
For more about John Piper's commission to make this print see an earlier SPAB blog Noticing everything: John Piper & John Betjeman
Details: Lithograph. Image Size: 380mm x 570mm. Paper Size: 560mm x 715mm
Curwen Prints Ltd Job No: 4586
Copies may be inspected by appointment at the SPAB, 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY
info@spab.org.uk or 020 7377 1644
Price: £1,500 plus P&P for UK, please request a price for overseas delivery
The Publication Price is valid until 31 December 2027 when the SPAB reserves the right to raise the price.